yr9 sats - reading answer book 2005
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First nameLast name
School
The paper is 1 hour 15 minutes long.
You have 15 minutes to read the Reading booklet beforeanswering the questions in your answer booklet. Duringthis time you should not open your answer booklet.
You then have 1 hour to write your answers.
Write your answers in this booklet. You may ask for morepaper if you need it.
There are 14 questions totalling 32 marks on this paper.
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KEY STAGE
En
2005
LEVELS
47
Reading paperanswer bookletCrossing boundaries
English test
Borderline check (reading including Shakespeare task)
Tick
For markers use only.
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 2
Q1
Q2
1. In the section headed Ellis Island its place in history, what were the people who travelled
to America looking for?
(1 mark)
2. The city skyline loomed over them like a great mountain range. (FromFirst sight of the
New World)
What does the choice of language suggest about the city skyline and its effect on the
passengers?
(2 marks)
Questions 15 are aboutEllis Island(pages 45 in the Reading booklet).
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 3
3. The section headed The Ellis Island Registration Centre outlines the procedures which
newcomers had to go through.
Complete the table, explaining why each of these procedures would have been
unpleasant for them.
(2 marks)
Turn over for question 4
Q3a
Q3b
procedure why it would have been unpleasant for them
a)the newcomers had numbered
tags pinned to their clothes
Those who were not healthy
b) were weeded out from the
others.
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 4
4. The information in this extract is laid out to help the reader of the guide book.
a) Explain why the box headedEllis Island Museum has been placed at the top of page 4
and how this helps the reader of the guide book.
(1 mark)
b) Explain why the box headedVisiting the Museum has been separated from the rest of the
text on page 5 and how this helps the reader of the guide book.
(1 mark)
Q4a
Q4b
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 5
5. How does the whole extract show that the Ellis Island Museum would be an interesting
place to visit?
You should comment on how the extract:
makes the reader interested in the new arrivals experiences;
describes the museum itself; shows that Ellis Island played an important part in American history.
(5 marks) Q5
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 6
6. The phraseAn empty stream (paragraph 1) suggests that the narrator and his companions
are the only people on the river.
Identify two other words or phrases from paragraph 1 which also suggest this.
(1 mark)
7. In paragraph 1, the big trees are described as kings.
What does this suggest about the trees?
(1 mark)
8. Paragraph 3 ends with the sentenceIt made you feel very small, very lost.
Explain how the whole of paragraph 3 creates this impression.
Support your ideas with quotations from this paragraph.
(3 marks)
Questions 69 are aboutHeart of darkness (pages 67 in the Reading booklet).
Q6
Q7
Q8
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 8
10. On page 8, Fatima talks about when she first came to England (from Well up to
difficulty with me.).
a) Give one difficulty she faced when she first came to England.
(1 mark)
b) Give one reason why she was able to overcome this difficulty.
(1 mark)
11. Explain two different ways in which Fatima supports what Maria says in the following
quotation:
Maria: And just when I get used to being in Spain, I have to comeback here and its difficult.
Fatima: Its really difficult, because you go home and you feel like a
foreigner. Once you are out of your country, youre aforeigner in this world.
(2 marks)
Questions 1014 are about The world is my home (pages 89 in the Reading booklet).
Q10a
Q10b
Q11
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 9
12. Towards the end of the conversation, Fatima says the world is becoming my home.
Explain how this suggests to the reader that Fatima has a positive view of her experiences.
(2 marks)
13. The table below gives examples of informal spoken English taken from the conversation.
Complete the table to explain why language is used this way in each example.
Q12
Q13a
Q13b
example of informal spoken English why language is used this way in informal
spoken English
Do you know what I mean? Maria asks this question to check that the
(Maria, page 8) others understand her ideas but she does not
expect an answer.
Fatima
Maria
the teacher who was teaching English
I admire the way she she was
fantastic
(Fatima, page 8)
a)
b)
I did, I did!
(Maria, page 9)
(2 marks)
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KS3/05/En/Levels 47/Answer booklet 10
14. Fatima and Maria have both experienced life in different countries, and both speak more
than one language.
Explain two other ways in which their experiences are similar.
(2 marks)
END OF TEST
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Qualifications and Curriculum Authority 2005
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